Batteries

For Global Battery Solutions, uplifting disinvested communities "is not only good for social welfare, but it's also good for the bottom line."

A University of Michigan team created an innovation that extends the number of times lithium-sulfur batteries can charge and discharge to about 1,000 times.

University of Michigan researchers have developed a method to predict how manufacturing changes could alter battery life.

Northwestern University computer engineers' platform allows even novice programmers and hobbyists to build their own battery-free electronics.

University of Michigan engineers posed these five questions to capitalize on a promising electric vehicle power supply — lithium metal solid-state batteries.

Washington University in St. Louis researchers are developing a battery model that replaces lithium with sodium and removes the anode.

Kansas researchers use soybean waste — stems, leaves and shells — for a less environmentally taxing battery.

Chicago-based NETenergy is collaborating with NREL to develop a hybrid HVAC thermal energy storage system for large commercial buildings.

A process developed at the University of Illinois reportedly yields the highest peak power density of any existing microbatteries.

Researchers at the University of Michigan are working on a type of battery that could provide 72 times more energy for robot devices.